May 25, 2012
Fantasy Challenge, Top 16 Week 1 injury update
Fantasy Challenge The Top 16 is here and so is a brand new, decisive phase in Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge, with another big prize coming up soon. Ander Olalde of Spain and his team "Mulholland Drive" posted the highest score of 231.4 in Week 10, finishing the regular season in style. That was 6.2 points higher than his nearest pursuer. For his effort, Ander will receive an official Euroleague basketball as his prize! The season's first major title, that of regular season champ, belongs already to Jorge Martinez Ribes of Spain. Jorge, who won Fantasy Challenge back in 2007, became the regular season winner with his team "KOKE MARTINEZ IS READY TO WIN", which amassed 1.749,7 points and finished less than one point ahead of the second-ranked team - which was also his! His prize is bigger than ever for the season's first phase winner: a team jersey signed by the winner's choice of player, plus 100€ worth of Sportingbet Free Bets. Of course, the teams that are currently best are also contenders to be Sportingbet Fantasy Challenge's grand prize winner at the end of the contest. The top team after all 16 weeks gets a grand prize that is unique in the world: a VIP trip for two to the 2010 Final Four in Paris and €500 worth of Sportingbet Free Bets! Be sure to beat the next deadline at 17:15 CET on Wednesday, January 27, one hour before Top 16 Week 1's first game, CSKA vs. Unicaja. Open trading will be available up to that point and only three trades per week will be offered from then on. Good luck!

FANTASY CHALLENGE RUNDOWN
GROUP E
Regal FC Barcelona
 - Jaka Lakovic has returned to action after missing two Euroleague games with a sprained ankle.
- Lubos Barton remains sidelined with a torn tendon in his left leg suffered last season.
Panathinaikos
 - Kostas Tsartsaris has a broken bone in his left hand that will cause him to miss the Top 16.
- Mike Batiste tore a calf muscle in a domestic game and will miss this week's Top 16 opener.
- Marcus Haislip is expected to be on the Panathinaikos roster and make his debut this week.
Partizan
 - Aleks Maric remains sidelined with knee ligament damage.
- Stevan Milosevic could make his Euroleague debut this week against Panathinaikos.
Maroussi BC
 - Fanis Koumpouras has recovered from his leg injury and could play this week.
- Levon Kendall remains sidelined with ligament damage in his left ankle.
- Giorgos Diamantopoulos remains sidelined with a back injury.
GROUP F
Real Madrid
 - Tomas Van den Spiegel will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury.
- Ante Tomic could make his Euroleague debut with Madrid this week.
- Sergi Vidal missed his team’s last Spanish League game due to flu-like symptoms. His availability against Efes Pilsen will be decided closer to the game.
- Travis Hansen has missed practice time and the team's last Spanish League game due to a foot injury. He is doubtful to play this week.
Montepaschi Siena
 - Head coach Simone Pianigiani has a full squad available for the game against Maccabi Electra.
Maccabi Electra
 - Alan Anderson sat out Maccabi's last Israeli League game with a leg injury, but is expected to be available Thursday against Montepaschi Siena.
Efes Pilsen
 - Kerem Tunceri has recovered from the knee injury that kept him from playing in Week 10. He is expected to play against Real Madrid.
- Sinan Guler has recovered from a back injury and should be ready to play against Real Madrid.
GROUP G
CSKA Moscow
 - Matjaz Smodis remains sidelined with a back injury.
Unicaja
 - Saul Blanco remains sidelined with a leg injury.
- Joseph Gomis is sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury.
- Taquan Dean has been released by the club.
- Newcomers Juan Dixon and Zabien Dowdell are set for their Euroleague debuts.
Zalgiris
 - Travis Watson remains sidelined with a leg injury suffered last week.
- Mirza Begic sat out a Lithuanian League game with a knee injury.
- Povilas Cukinas will miss the rest of the season due injuries to his knee ligaments and meniscus.
- Zygimantas Janavicius has been sent on loan to Aisciai Kaunas for the rest of the season.
Asseco Prokom
 - Head coach Tomas Pacesas has a full squad available to face Zalgiris.
GROUP H
Olympiacos
 - Ioannis Bourousis missed a Greek League game against Panellinios due to a knee injury, but is expected to return to action on Thursday.
- Theo Papaloukas has returned from a leg injury.
Caja Laboral
 - Brad Oleson remains sidelined with an ankle injury.
- Stanko Barac is expected to miss the first half of the Top 16 with a stress fracture in his left foot.
- New signing Taquan Dean is available to play.
BC Khimki Moscow Region
 - Igor Smygin has been sent on loan to a lower division team in Russia.
Cibona
 - Marin Rozic will be sidelined for several months with an Achilles injury.
- Samo Udrih is set to play his first Euroleague game for Cibona.
- Vedran Princ missed Cibona’s last Adriatic League game due to personal reasons and is not expected to play this week.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Euroleague.net
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